The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees

by John Anthony Maltese and Professor John Anthony Maltese

Book Overview

Winner of the Herman Pritchett Award from the American Political Science Association

Politics has always been at the heart of the Supreme Court selection process. According to John Anthony Maltese, the first Borking of a nominee came in 1795 with the defeat of John Rutledge's nomination as chief justice. What is different about today's appointment process, he argues, is not its politicization but the range of players involved and the political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801858836
• ISBN13: 9780801858833
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"